Enhancement of Litter Size in Commercial Swine
A large concern in the North American Pork Industry is prenatal mortality. Between gestation days 15-0, 20-30% of coceptuses are lost, with another 10-15% loses between gestation days 50-70. Different techniques to improve litter size have been used such as...
Identifying the Cause of Death of Hogs that Perish In-Transit: A Pilot Project at Two Ontario Packing Plants
The cause of death and associated risk factors for in-transit losses are needed in order to reduce mortalities. It is often assumed that deaths are due to stress or heat exhaustion but the actual cause is not usually identified. Hogs...
Canadian Hog Journal Winter 2020
Articles in the Winter 2020 Canadian Hog Journal Include: Hot Issues: Quality Assurance Brings Value but Who Pays?, Missions to Asia Enhance Value for Canadian Pork, Unity, Resiliency Themes Dominate Alberta Pork 50th Anniversary, Manitoba Pork Producers Honoured for their...
Canadian Hog Journal Fall 2020
Articles in the Fall 2020 Canadian Hog Journal Include: Hot Issues: In Pursuit of Producer-Packer Shared Value, Keeping African Swine Fever out of Canada, Pro-Trucker Rallies Steer Towards Change Meetings between producers and packers took place virtually. Olymel is adding...
Canadian Hog Journal Summer 2020
Articles in the Summer 2020 Canadian Hog Journal Include: Hot Issues: Producer-Packer Tensions Threaten Viability, Tracking COVID-19’s Continued Impact, Governments Work to Curb Farm Trespassing Producers and packers continue to have a lopsided relationship in favour of processing. Loans are...
Canadian Hog Journal Spring 2020
Articles in the Spring 2020 Canadian Hog Journal Include: Hot Issues: Defending the Pork Value Chain During COVID-19, Buying into Biosecurity can be a Burden So far in the recent months of COVID-19, food demand remains unchanged, though losses are...
Canadian Hog Journal Banff 2020
Articles in the Banff 2020 Canadian Hog Journal Include: The Right to Farm is Under Fire Studies publishing results that make swine farming seem like a risk to the public are being spread, even though the information is inaccurate. Lots...
Canadian Hog Journal Winter 2019
Articles in the Winter 2019 Canadian Hog Journal Include: Hot Issues: Looking at the Promises and Potential Impact of Premier Doug Ford’s Reign, Leveraging Quality Assurance for Better Pay Ontario Pork is encouraged that Doug Ford wants to work with...
Canadian Hog Journal Fall 2019
Articles in the Fall 2019 Canadian Hog Journal Include: Hot Issues: Eco-Friendly Tech Helps Farms Offset Carbon and Costs A new heat recovery unit helps improve operational profitability and self-reliance. Combined heat and power generates electricity and heat at the...
Canadian Hog Journal Summer 2019
Articles in the Summer 2019 Canadian Hog Journal Include: For the Love of Science: What is the Long-Term Production and Economic Impact of Feeding Deoxynivalenol-Contaminated Feed to Finisher Pigs? Mycotoxins continue to be a concern for agriculture. It may be...
Canadian Hog Journal Spring 2019
Articles in the Spring 2019 Canadian Hog Journal Include: Hot Issues: Canada Food Guide Isn’t Bringing Home the Bacon, African Swine Fever – Can it Be Stopped? Changes have been made to the Canada Food Guide with only three food...
Canadian Hog Journal Banff 2019
Articles in the Banff 2019 Canadian Hog Journal Include: How Trends are Re-Shaping Worldwide Food Production Eating is more meals-to-go and prepared ingredients. As population grows, Meat consumption will as well, but a lot of the emering population will be...
